One is not so bad, just swallow some stuff in front of an w-ray.. takes about 15 minutes I am told. The second sounds worse than it is. Eating some radioactive eggs and basically sitting there for several hours while they watch to see what length of time it takes for the contents of my stomach to empty. I asked if I could have some ketchup w/my eggs. The receptionist didn't get the joke. The third is awful one as I have to stop taking medication for a full week prior. That means that I will be going through hell w/pain, nausea and basically starving... the less I eat, the less bad I feel. I shudder to think how much (or how little I should say) I will weigh when this is all said and done. Anyways, they thread a tube down my nose then end of which is in my stomach to test the PH levels there. The other end hangs out and is looped around one ear and is connected to a recording device.... Yea, like I am REALLY looking forward to that!
It was explained to me that from my description, there may be a problem with one or more of the valves in my stomach (them being too tight or just functioning improperly altogether) so if they were to perform the surgery this may actually make my symptoms worse.
The hospital is over an hour away from me each way... so I will be doing a bit of driving also.
Sucks ass but I ain't gonna die and my problems will ultimately be alleviated so perhaps I shouldn't bitch so much. Just not looking forward to it in addition to all of the other drama in my life... y'know?